The California High-Speed Rail Authority’s preferred route for the Palmdale-to-Burbank segment of the state’s controversial bullet train plan will be revealed on Wednesday, Sept. 19, during a noon webcast.

All of the three remaining route proposals would travel through the northeast San Fernando Valley, where the rail plan has faced some opposition from residents. They’d all end at a station near Hollywood Burbank Airport.

Wednesday’s streaming presentation can be viewed at www.ustream.tv/channel/chsra. A phone line will also be available to listen in: (213) 221-3402.

The announcement arrives ahead of this month’s four open houses focusing on the 40-mile segment. Two are planned next week in northeast Valley communities:

The recommendation will be selected from one of three remaining proposals:

The first two routes, labeled E1 and E2, are projected to run mostly underground, beneath the San Gabriel Mountains. E2 would include surface segments in the Lake View Terrace.

The other route, SR14, follows State Route 14 before going below ground through the San Gabriel Mountains, and later meeting up with the E1 route that goes along San Fernando Road through Pacoima and Sun Valley.

Opponents in the San Fernando Valley have urged a board meeting to be held locally for Valley residents and businesspeople. Some reiterated this week such a meeting should have been held prior to a route being recommended.

“The California High Speed Train Authority is doing what it does best — ignoring and disrespecting our residents, businesses, community leaders and elected officials,” wrote David DePinto, with the Shadow Hills Property Owners Association, in a newsletter to members.

“They were afraid to face us,” he added, “and they were afraid we would make such a compelling statement … that there would be a mandate to remove each of the existing routes.”

Annie Parker, a spokeswoman for the authority, said the recommendation will be presented to the board during a Southern California meeting in November “for their consideration and potential concurrence.”

In April, the board’s chair committed to holding that November meeting in the San Fernando Valley. “So we will be there,” Parker said.

Elizabeth Chou has reported on Los Angeles City Hall government and politics since 2013, first with City News Service, and now the Los Angeles Daily News since the end of 2016. She grew up in the Los Angeles area, and formerly a San Gabriel Valley girl. She now resides in the other Valley, and is enjoying exploring her new San Fernando environs. She previously worked at Eastern Group Publications, covering Montebello, Monterey Park, City of Commerce, and Vernon.